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“We are extremely excited to be the winners and leaders of this emerging category. We see it as a testimony that the industry realizes serverless architectures mandate a new approach for application security, one that is 100% serverless and was designed specifically for serverless applications from the ground up. PureSec is proud to set the standard and lead this category.

In order to continue to do so, we are launching today the first State of Serverless Security Survey. We call the industry to take part in the survey and contribute to the effort to bring data and best practices to the Serveless space.We will share the results in a comprehensive report later this year”.

"Serverless architectures take away business responsibility for server management, but security should still be top of mind. Application security is getting a twist with the rise of serverless architectures, which introduce a new way of developing and managing applications - and a new wave of related security risks. Businesses are looking to serverless architectures to drive simplicity and reduce cost. Applications built on these platforms scale as cloud workloads grow, so developers can focus on product functionality without worrying about the operating system, application server, or software runtime environment, explains Ory Segal, PureSec CTO"

"Tel Aviv, Israel-based startup PureSec emerged from stealth mode on Wednesday with a security platform designed for serverless architectures and a guide that describes the top 10 risks for serverless applications. Founded by Shaked Zin (CEO), Avi Shulman (VP of R&D) and Ory Segal (CTO), PureSec raised $3 million in May 2017 in a seed round led by TLV Partners. PureSec’s product is powered by the company’s Serverless Security Runtime Environment (SSRE) technology, which provides a trusted and safe environment for serverless functions."

"Serverless architectures, also known as function as-a-service (FaaS), are used in the enterprise to both build and deploy software and services without the need for in-house physical or virtual servers. This kind of architecture has proven popular due to inherent scalability and compatibility with cloud services and includes AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, Google Cloud Functions, and IBM BlueMix Cloud Functions.However, as noted in a new report by PureSec, it is not immune to the security issue, which impact more traditional server-based systems. On Wednesday, the serverless architectures security firm released a new report detailing the most common security issues and challenges facing these systems today."

“After researching serverless architectures for months, working with partners and customers and collecting feedback from serverless aficionados, we compiled this top ten list to help organizations with adopting this new and promising technology, while staying secure.” Said Segal. “This document will be an ongoing effort, which will evolve over time as we collect more intelligence and knowledge on the risks involved with serverless architectures”.